A demon duke, a demon prince, the corpse of a quasi-demon king, and a giant black serpent watched the horizon, waiting for the other demons to approach.
The approaching demon kings and the others had evidently noticed that the situation at the Plagueblood Demon Pool was under control.
The killing intent emanating from them quietly faded, replaced by intense vigilance.
When Arthas and Ner'zhul saw that the Plagueblood Demon Pool had been completely destroyed, with a massive hole blasted through its center, their faces immediately lit up with delight.
Their hearts nearly soared with joy.
But when they saw Dai Li and the others quietly remaining where they were, with none of the earlier world-shattering spectacle in sight, their hearts, which had only just taken flight, sank again.
Could the problem have already been resolved?
Could more than three hundred years of soaking and tempering really have mellowed the Fate Selection Mastery attached to that quasi-demon king's corpse?
That would deviate from their plan!
Seeing that the situation appeared to be under control, the demon elders following behind the demon kings turned their attention to the giant black serpent coiled on the ground.
Within the Demon Domain, there were numerous native demonic creatures of all kinds.
Demonic serpents were especially common.
Quite a few were even bred by demons, who hoped to obtain medicinal ingredients or materials for forging equipment from them.
But a serpent as enormous as the one before them
was something several demon elders had truly never seen before.
"Hey... how did such a massive creature suddenly appear in the Plagueblood Demon Pool...? Could it have crawled out of that hole?"
"Isn't that obvious? There's such a huge pit in the ground, and the surrounding earth has all bulged and cracked. It clearly came up from underground."